According to Eurogamer, the channels on the Nintendo Wii and DSi stores have been down for several days. This has led many players to speculate that the two stores may have ended their missions as previously stated on March 16, but Nintendo has not given any explanation for this.
A video from GameXplain shows what happens when you select a Wii store channel, and players see a blank white screen followed by an error code (209601) indicating a network problem. The channel was down on both the original Wii and Wii U. Meanwhile, the DSi store spits out error code 290502, also indicating that it cannot connect to the store due to a network issue that doesn’t seem to exist.
Nintendo stopped allowing players to make purchases on the DSi and Wii store channels in 2017 and 2019, respectively. However, Nintendo still lets players download previously purchased games from both stores (at least while they’re still online).
When Nintendo first announced the closure of the Wii Store, it warned that at some point in the future, players would be banned from retrieving or transferring purchased games with the Wii system transfer tool, but never suggested a set date.
This left some players wondering: is the time mentioned earlier now? It was unclear if the two stores were closed for maintenance, or if they were closed accidentally. Nintendo did not respond to this question either.
